Karl Townsend wrote:
Man, I got a lot to learn. I've already ordered some once used brass and 150
grain FMJ bullets. I see four powders offerred for 308
(2230,2460,2495,2520). Too much info for a clueless newbie, but I'd like to
reload .223 also with the same powder. Keep in mind I have no intention of
competing in shooting matches, just want quality servicable ammunition.
Would you go with 2520???

http://www.accuratepowder.com/data/A...escription.pdf

Or maybe 2460???

http://www.accuratepowder.com/data/A...escription.pdf

You will be happy with the Dillon 550, I used one a lot in the 90's and
it is an excellent machine. Both of your powder choices are listed as
spherical or ball powders which is good. Ball powders always worked out
better for me in the 550 powder measure. I used BL-C2 for 223 and 30-06
with good results. The stick powders never seemed to behave well in the
Dillon powder measure for me.

I did not experiment around a lot with powders and loads. Once I
developed a load I liked, I stuck with it. I tried to minimize the
varieties of powder and components stocked. My objective was to load
rounds to shoot, not get into a pursuit of nirvanna and the "perfect" load.

A really useful tool to have is one of the go/no-go case gauges for each
caliber you load. I had a lot of feed problems with the 45 reloads until
I started size checking every case and discarding the out of spec ones.
Rifle brass can be trimmed and are worth it to do so. Pistol brass
just got tossed when it was out of spec.

Good Luck,
BobH